republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3349.md

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Bill	Relating to fire protection; and declaring an emergency.	Authorizes the State Forestry Department to take certain actions related to motor vehicles and other equipment used by the department. Instructs and authorizes the department to take certain actions related to rangeland protection associations. Establishes the Rangeland Protection Association Fund.<b> Appropriates moneys to the fund and establishes an expenditure limitation for the fund.</b> Makes certain changes related to the authority of the State Forester to assist rangeland protection associations. Authorizes the State Forester and forest protection associations to acquire or dispose of goods, services or equipment for the prevention, mitigation or suppression of fire on forestland. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3349	Oregon HB 3349 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Mark Owens	8	22	4	2025-01-28T18:00:52+00:00	2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3a666833-e53f-4c5f-87b7-4a46b8a96c03	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3349	57b3a1bae943fdac0f149cb31a5eb5f5b222dd66f8b118c7f48a42bf9d6adf24	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3349 (2025R1) — Relating to fire protection; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes the State Forestry Department to take certain actions related to motor vehicles and other equipment used by the department. Instructs and authorizes the department to take certain actions related to rangeland protection associations. Establishes the Rangeland Protection Association Fund. Appropriates moneys to the fund and establishes an expenditure limitation for the fund. Makes certain changes related to the authority of the State Forester to assist rangeland protection associations. Authorizes the State Forester and forest protection associations to acquire or dispose of goods, services or equipment for the prevention, mitigation or suppression of fire on forestland. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HEMGGV Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A2 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Owens, Breese-Iverson. Passed. — 43–0 (pass) · lower
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 46–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark Owens — primary (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
• Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
• Gregory Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
• Vikki Breese-Iverson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-01-28T18:00:52+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-30T19:01:46+00:00 Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-01T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-04T20:10:23+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04T20:10:24+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10T14:51:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11T21:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-06-11T21:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-19T22:38:10+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-20T18:45:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-23T22:08:51+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Owens, Breese-Iverson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-24T18:18:10+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T18:28:20+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25T18:50:21+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-25T21:47:08+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-25T23:13:41+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-27T21:26:47+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00 Chapter 508, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a666833-e53f-4c5f-87b7-4a46b8a96c03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).